Tobacco-stripping table



Dec. 4, 1923 1,476,240

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L. c. EDWARDS TOBACCO STRIPPING TABLE vwantoz Patented Dec. 4, 1923.

UNITED STATES LOUIS C. EDWARDS, OF ELLINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

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Application filed 'March 6, 1922.

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Be it known that I, LOUIS C. EDWARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ellington, in the county of Tolland and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Stripping Tables; and I d0 declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. l

This invention relates to an improved tobacco stripping table and one object of the invention is to provide a table so constructed that tobacco carrying laths may be placed upon the tablein a vertical plane and the laths moved longitudinally so thaty the tobacco leaves carried thereby will be brought into engagement with supports for the laths and thus caused to be moved out of engagement with the laths and be left free so thatl a tray upon which the leaves rest may. be moved away from the laths and supporting means for the laths to a position where the CTI leaves can be easily gathered and formed into a hand. f

Another object of the invention is to so construct this stripping table that a lath can be easily and quickly put in place by an operator and the means for imparting movement to the laths then moved to impart the desired movement a second operator then moving the tray to the position permitting the second operator to readily gather the leaves and form them into the hand.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this table that when the lath is put in place, it will be positioned between arms which are pivotally connected with the table and extend beyond the edge thereof and have their outer ends connected by a handle bar so that the two arms may be simultaneously moved and impart longitudinal movement to the laths, first in one direction and then in the other.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this table that the leaf carrying tray may be guided in its sliding movement and prevented from moving out of the proper relation to the lath and carrying means.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing the table principally in top plan, the lath and lath-hold- Serial No. 541,445.

ing means being shown in section and leaves being shown resting upon the leaf tray and engaged with the laths.

Figure 2 is a view showing the upper portion of the table in front elevation.

Figure 3 is atop plan view of the table with the laths in place and the leaf-holding tray removed.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Fig. l showing the laths moved to disconnect certain of the tobacco leaves from the lath.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken along the lineY 5 5 of Fig. 1.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional View taken along the line 6-6 of Fig. l.

This tobacco stripping outfit includes a table l which is of a conventional construction and carries guiding strips 2 which eX- tend transversely of the table upon the upper face thereof and have their inner side faces undercut as shown in Fig. 6 so that the guide strips 2 may extend in overlapping relation to the cleats 3 secured to the underface of the leaf-carrying tray 4 and thus guide sliding movement of the tray and serve to prevent movement of the tray longitudinally of the table and also serve to prevent the tray from being lifted oi of the table when in use.

In order to support the leaf-carrying lath 5 in a vertical position, there has been provided supporting strips 6 and 7 which are secured to the table upon opposite sides of a strip 8 which extends between the guide strips 2.v The supporting strips` 6 are scoured against the forward side face of the table as shown in Fig. 2 and the strips 7 have their lower ends bent to provide seats 7 which will be secured upon the upper face of the table with the strips positioned in re# cesses formed in the strip 8 as shown in Fig. 3. The upper ends of these strips 6 and 7 which will be formed of resilient metal are flared as shown in Figs. 3 and so that the laths can be easily put in place.

When the lath is put in place, the operator sta-nds in front of the table and swings the lath away from him over the table and then draws it towards him and thrusts it downwardly between the strips 6 and 7. In this position, the tobacco leaves will rest upon the tray as shown in Fig. l with their butt ends extending through the lath and between the sets of strips 6 and 7. after the lath has been .put in place, it is necessary to move the lath longitudinally first in oney direction as shown in Fig. 4L and then in an opposite direction. Vhen the lath is moved longitudinally, the butt ends of the tobacco leaves will be brought into engagement with the lath-supporting strips and as the lath continues its sliding movement, the leaves will be moved out of engagement with the prongs 5 of the lath. In order to impart the desired sliding movement to the lath7 there has been provided arms 9 which are pivotally connected with the table and extend beyond the forward edge of the table at points which will place the arms `beyond the ends of the laths as shown in Fig. l. A hand-bar 10 connects the outer ends of these arms so that they may be simultaneously swung upon their pivot points and straps 11 are provided to limit swinging movement of the arms. From an inspection of F ig. A, it will be readily seen that when the handle-bar 10 is moved in one direction, thev laths will be engaged by one of the arms 9 and moved to bring certa-in of the tobacco leaves into engagement with the Supporting strips 6 and 7 and move them out of engagement with the prongs. It will also be obvious that when the handle-bar is moved in the opposite direction, the remaining tobacco leaves which are in engagement with prongs of` the lath will be moved out of engagement with these prongs. After the lath has been moved first in one direction and then in the other to disconnect the leaves from the prongs of the lath, the operator who sits at the opposite side of the table will draw the tray away from the lath. The tray will carry with it the leaves and when the leaves have been drawn out of a position in which they will extend through the lath, the operator can pick them by the butt ends and form them into a hand. The tray can then be returned to the original position and the arms 9 and handle bar l0 returned to the position shown in Fig. l so that another lath carrying tobacco leaves can be easily put in place. It will thus be seen that with this improved tobacco stripping table, the laths can be easily and quickly put in place and given the desired movement to remove the tobacco leaves from engagement with the laths and the tobacco leaves then formed into the hand.

I claim:

1. A tobacco stripping outfit comprising a table, supporting means carried by said table for mounting a tobacco lath for longitudinal sliding movement, means for imparting sliding movement to a lath held by the supporting means and bringing leaves carried by the lath into engagement with the supporting means to move the leaves out of engagement with the lath.

2. A tobacco stripping outfit comprising a table, supporting means carried by said table for mountingv a tobacco lath for longitudinal sliding movement7 means for imparting sliding movement to a lath held by the supporting means and bringing leaves carried by the lath into engagement with the supporting means to move the leaves out of engagement with the lath, and a leaf holding tray carried by said table and movable toward and away from the supporting means transversely of a lath supported thereby.

3. The structure of claim l having the lath supporting means consisting of a plurality of strips extending upwardly from the table at spaced points acrosslthe table for extending upon opposite vsides of the lath tok slidably support the lath in a vertical plane and guide the laths when moved.

fr. The structure of claim l having the means for moving the lath longitudinally consisting of arms pivotally connected with the table and extending for engagement with the ends of the lath, and a hand bar connected with the arms for imparting swinging movement to the arms and moving the lath longitudinally.

The structure of claim 2 having the table provided with guide strips, the tray being provided with cleats engaging the guide strips to permit sliding movement of the tray transversely of the table towards and away from a lath supported by the lath supporting means and hold the tray against movement longitudinally of the table.

6. A tobacco stripping outfit comprising a table, and common means for mounting a lath .for reciprocating movement across the table and removing leaves from the lath/ during reciprocation thereof.

Intestimony whereof have hereunto set my hand.

LOUIS C. EDVARDS. 

